Dalmatia, PA Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

Issued:

956 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

Expires:

400 AM EST THU JAN 08 2009

...BLACK ICE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT IN ALL AREAS...WHICH COULD CAUSE WET SPOTS THAT DEVELOPED DURING THE DAY TODAY TO RE-FREEZE...AND BLACK ICE TO FORM. BLACK ICE IS A CONDITION WHERE ROADS AND WALKWAYS BECOME COVERED BY A THIN LAYER OF ICE WHICH IS HARD TO SEE. IT CAN CAUSE VERY SLIPPERY ROADS AS WELL AS DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS. PEOPLE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ICY SPOTS TO DEVELOP...ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR THE COMMUTE AS WELL AS EXTRA FOLLOWING DISTANCE IN CASE OF SLICK ICE COVERED ROADS.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

944 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009

Expires:

945 PM EST THU JAN 08 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WET ROADS MAY RE-FREEZE OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES DROP BACK INTO THE 20S. THIS COULD CREATE PROBLEMS WITH BLACK ICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF SNOW ON SATURDAY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WINDY AND COLDER CONDITIONS FOR SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.